Edward Reno Fullerton is a former American football

American football

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 halfback

Halfback (American football)

A halfback, sometimes referred to as a tailback, is an offensive position in American football, which lines up in the backfield and generally is responsible for carrying the ball on run plays. Historically, from the 1870s through the 1950s, the halfback position was both an offensive and defensive...

 and defensive back

Defensive back

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. He was selected in the fourth round of the 1953 NFL Draft

1953 NFL Draft

The 1953 National Football League Draft was held on January 22, 1953.-Player selections:-Round one:* HOF Member of the Professional Football Hall of Fame-Round two:-Round three:-Round four:-Round five:-Round six:-Round seven:...

 and played one season in the National Football League

National Football League

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. He played college football

College football

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 for the Maryland Terrapins

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 at the University of Maryland

University of Maryland, College Park

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Playing career

Fullerton attended West View High School in Pittsburgh. He attended college at the University of Maryland where he played football from 1950 to 1951.

In the 1952 Sugar Bowl

1952 Sugar Bowl

The 1952 Sugar Bowl featured the top ranked Tennessee Volunteers, and the third ranked Maryland Terrapins. In the first quarter, Maryland scored on a two-yard touchdown run Ed Fullerton, giving the Terrapins a 7-0 lead. In the second quarter, Fullerton threw a six-yard touchdown pass to Bob...

, billed by The Washington Post

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as the second "game of the century

Game of the Century (college football)

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", 3rd-ranked Maryland faced "General" Robert Neyland

Robert Neyland

Robert Reese Neyland, MBE was an American football player and coach and and officer in the United States Army, reaching the rank of brigadier general. He served three stints as the head football coach as the University of Tennessee...

's 1st-ranked Tennessee Volunteers

1951 Tennessee Volunteers football team

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. Fullerton scored the first touchdown

Touchdown

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 of the game by rush

Rush (American football)

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ing into the end zone

End zone

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 to cap a 56-yard drive. Soon after, Maryland quarterback Jack Scarbath

Jack Scarbath

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 pitched to Fullerton who then threw a six-yard pass

Forward pass

In several forms of football a forward pass is when the ball is thrown in the direction that the offensive team is trying to move, towards the defensive team's goal line...

 to Bob Shemonski

Bob Shemonski

Bob "Shoo Shoo" Shemonski was an American football player. He played college football as an end and back for the Maryland Terrapins and was selected in the 1952 NFL Draft by the Chicago Bears.-Biography:...

 for another touchdown. In the fourth quarter, Fullerton returned an interception

Interception (football)

An interception, intercept or pick is a move in many forms of football, including Canadian and American football, as well as rugby league, rugby union, Australian rules football and Gaelic football, which involves a pass, either by foot or hand, being caught by an opposition player, who usually...

 46 yards for another touchdown. Today, that pick-six is the second-longest return allowed by Tennessee in a bowl game

Bowl game

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, the first-longest being by another Terrapin, Curome Cox

Curome Cox

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 in the 2002 Peach Bowl

2002 Peach Bowl

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In 1952, Fullerton rushed for a career high of 107 yards against in-state rival Navy

Navy Midshipmen football

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He was selected in the fourth round of the 1953 NFL Draft

1953 NFL Draft

The 1953 National Football League Draft was held on January 22, 1953.-Player selections:-Round one:* HOF Member of the Professional Football Hall of Fame-Round two:-Round three:-Round four:-Round five:-Round six:-Round seven:...

 by the San Francisco 49ers (46th overall). Fullerton instead went on to play for the Pittsburgh Steelers

Pittsburgh Steelers

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. He played one game in 1953, but compiled no statistics.

After the NFL, he served in the United States Air Force

United States Air Force

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 in which he played and coached football at Bolling Air Force Base

Bolling Air Force Base

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. In 1956, he was hired at as an assistant coach his alma mater by Tommy Mont

Tommy Mont

Thomas Allison "Tommy" Mont is an American educator, university administrator, college football coach, and NFL player. He played quarterback for the Washington Redskins as a back-up behind Sammy Baugh for three seasons. Mont served as the head football coach for three years at the University of...

. He served as an assistant coach there from 1956 to 1958. As of 2001, he was living in his hometown of Pittsburgh.